Originally posted by: nish_vir
Part 6 - Saazish
“Arre Vaibhav ji aap—
The rest of the words were lost on him, because he finally saw what Sanyukta had been talking about. Vir bhai was looking at him. Not just looking, he was positively glaring at him. His soft mannerisms just a second ago, were now radiating absolute menace and open hostility.
Vaibhav gulped. Sanyukta had been right.
Vir bhai was jealous of him.
Vaibhav failed to comprehend when Purvi had walked over and was going off about something, because he was busy stealing his gaze from Vir bhai. Why was bhai jealous of him? Bhai was exceptional in whatever he did, then why?
“Vaibhav?!” Purvi clicked her fingers in front of his face and finally he looked at her.
And he kept on looking, his mind reeling with realization.Was it because of Purvi?
“Aapka dhyaan kahan hai, hum keh rahe thhe ki nashta kar lijiye, thanda ho jaega”
“Haan, Purvi main bas—
“Baccha thodi hai jo picche padd rahi hai. Kha levega jab bhukhh lagegi” Virender interjected, and Vaibhav who in usual circumstances would have brushed if off as bhai’s usual indifference, could detect the edge and angry tremor in his voice.
Bhai’s scathing looks were getting uncomfortable. He needed to get Purvi off his case, or Bhai was going to pierce him with his glares.
“Purvi, tum jaao…main abhi aaya”
Purvi nodded and turned to step away when Virender spoke once again.
“Ke Purvi Purvi laga rakha hai. Bhabhi hai teri, tu Anjali ko toh Anjali na bolta, Anjali bhabhi bolta hai na?”
Vaibhav felt like crying. He had been addressing her by her name for days now but Bhai suddenly had a problem! And what’s worse was Sanyukta had the gall to point out the not-so-obvious to him yesterday and now she had gone off with others to some temple, ditching him. Curse you!
“Ke keh raha hai Virender?” Prakashi came to Vaibhav’s defence, “Ib dono hum umra hain aur upar se dost bhi. Kyun Purvi tujhe koi harz hai?”
Purvi shook her head in negative. “Nhi maa. Izzat naam se thodi, dil se hoti hai. Aur Vaibhav hamari izzat karte hain. Humein koi aitraaz nahi hai”
“PAR MUJHE AITRAAZ HAI!” Virender slammed the table out of the blue, and got up.
Everyone looked absolutely shocked. It’s like he had flipped a switch. Virender looked over the table and closed his eyes. Just what was wrong with him? And with that, pushing back his chair, he strode away and out of the house.
Vaibhav sat glued to the sofa in absolute bewilderment. Bhai’s outburst had also cleared one thing. It hadn’t been his imagination last night, when bhai had brushed off his offer to help them to the room. He had just wanted to make sure that they both made it to their room alright, what with Purvi being half sleepy and bhai being fully exhausted. His brother had not only brushed him off, he had glared at him too, as Sanyukta had added.
FLASHBACK
Leaning his head back,he had just closed his eyes when a tap on his shoulder made him sit up.
While the other three of his friends retired to their rooms, he and Sanyukta stood near the railing.
“Kya baat karni thi?”Vaibhav asked, suppressing a yawn.
“Are you dense?” She asked with a plain face and he flipped, “What?”
“Nhi, seriously, or are you dense?”
“What are you going on about?” Vaibhav asked irritated.
Sanyukta sighed,“Looks truly are deceptive. You look like a player but you have no sense”
Now that offended him.He was a sincere man! “Sanyukta, tum—
But she cut him off with a wave of her hand, “Do you like Purvi?”
“Ofcourse!” Came his pat reply, his head tilted in confusion.
She narrowed her eyes at him and repeated herself, “You LIKE her?”
“Yes, I do. Why are you repeating?” He trailed frustrated and as she arched an eyebrow asking‘you-sure’, his eyes widened and he exploded, his face scrunched in distaste.
“Not in that way!!Nooo!!What are you even thinking? She is bhai’s wife. Purvi is just like you all,even though it hasn’t been long, I absolutely adore her, as a friend. I repeat,as a friend”
“Your brother might have other ideas”.
“What?” he asked puzzled.
“Oh, I don’t know!”She shrugged pulling away from the railing, “If I didn’t know you better, I would’ve thought the same that you like like her. I mean, the way you are so attentive towards her, always looking out for her, you don’t do it for everyone”.
Vaibhav groaned,his hackles raised. His affection for Purvi was an enigma for him too. How was he to explain what he couldn’t quite grasp? Still he tried, because Sanyukta was waaaay off the mark here.
“I don’t know! Ok, I don’t. It’s different with her. What is….I have no clue. Maybe, it’s the fact that I was never close to Sakshi bhabhi. When she had married into the family, most of the time I was in hostel….and then she passed away. Not to mention, as a teenagerI couldn’t really find any common ground with her. With Purvi….we not only stand on equal grounds, but her warmth pulls me in. It comes to me as a surprise too how comfortable I’m with her but I feel this…this deep seated companionship with her”. Vaibhav let out a sigh before continuing.
“Maybe others cannot see,but Purvi feels out of place in this house. I mean being thrown into a different environment and to top it off, as a mo—
Vaibhav paused, and as Sanyukta arched an eyebrow, he just shook his head. “The point is, that’s the scope of my feelings for her. That’s it!
Sanyukta nodded,albeit not completely convinced but let it go. “I was dead sure if you would’ve supported Purvi’s head today, your bhai would’ve displaced your shoulders”
Vaibhav whipped his head to look at her, horrified. “Why would he do that?!”
“The same reason he refused your request to accompany them just now”
“Vo toh—
“He is jealous of what you and Purvi have. He is jealous because he doesn’t have that with Purvi”
“Oh, come on! I agree bhai looks a little aloof, but did you see the way he was looking at Purvi .That was just so—
“That came out because of you, you moron. As dense you are, flirting comes to you innately. He couldn’t stand you being close to her so he took the matter in his own hands”.
“Your point being?”Vaibhav asked.
“There is some distance b/w your bhai and Purvi, and you, my friend can bridge that. The question is- do you want to?”
Vaibhav pinched the bridge of his nose, his fingers lingering on the keypad. He had put off answering to her question because he didn’t want to jump in unnecessarily. But any doubts he had were alleviated by bhai’s behavior today. If he could, he was going to help them in any way possible.
Determined, he messaged Sanyukta, “I’ll do it. Kya karna hai?"
so how was it?😃
I know this was kind of a filler but oh well it was important too because its SCHEMINGGGG TIMEEE!!😈